The 3-month-old boy died around 8:30 a.m. at LeeAnn Perry’s Academy of Learning Center on Prospect Street. An autopsy is scheduled for today.

Dunmore Police Chief Sal Marchese said his department is investigating. It does not appear criminal activity or negligence played a role in the death, he said.

Ms. Perry, listed in state records as the president of the company, could not be reached for comment.

The child was the son of Gregory and Theodocia Lawless Zayac of Dunmore. Authorities declined to release the infant’s name.

Ms. Perry contacted the state Department of Public Welfare on Wednesday to inform the department of a death in her facility, department spokeswoman Kait Gillis said.

A sedan with blue municipal license plates was parked outside the facility Wednesday afternoon. A woman who got out of the car declined to comment.

“A staff member of the Department of Public Welfare was on site today,” Ms. Gillis said. “And the investigation is ongoing.”

The facility in which the death occurred was licensed in February 2013, and the most recent inspection was in January.

The January inspection, which was unannounced, found the ratio of staff to preschool children was too high because a teacher went home sick, according to inspection records. It was the only violation found; the non-compliance was corrected by the end of the month with a new policy regarding staffing shortages.

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